The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

THE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES ( the best), at CALL AG HAN '.1 4 , VA, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit - street . N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlan( Ler, V ienua. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Ts.:Asday. Thursday, and aatsrday. }ldll3. Battu—Sig. Graziani—Herr Schmid —Sig. Wachtel. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), May 21, wit be performed Rossini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Manlde, Mdile. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame Rudersdorff; Mel thtl, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Leutoldo, Signor Fallar ; Ge.sler, Signor TagliafiCo ; Un Pescatore, Signor Neri- araldi ; Ro doLpho, Signor Rossi; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel. Conductor, Mr. Costa. La Tyrollenne will be danced by 3ldlle. Salvioai, 3ldlle. Carmine, and Mdile. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ,ta Is, 108. 6(.1., 75., ard ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had et th , box-offic- under the portico of the theatre, which is eVII from ten to live, and at the principal rausicsellers' and li hrarie.ns THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L NE. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and le. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, Shakspere's HENRY TUE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddisoi, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert It oxb y , Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. a", Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M es Rose Lederer', .nd Mrs. Edmund Fat zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Rowe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesokmes Snowden, :telly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nellyi"ower, Hill, Wright, Aogers, &c. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. 'ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. r Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLEP TO-MORROW 34.VENING. Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden 11,ff ; Hoiatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. % 31`Intyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,iWall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Jlisc 31. Henr ade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. The whole profits of the evenincr will be dif'ded between the National Shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col lege school Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May 14th will be available on Satur day, the 2 et. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, 'THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -I_ll sole Proortstor and Manager. Mr. B. Wobster. Last Week but three of he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of L'EAti. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKE iPEARE'S . MOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by :Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; Mrs. Bitlington. To e•tnclude with Tin; AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, p. Bedford, tt. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis, Commence at 7. BATE MA N.-L E A H. - THIS I_ EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den ux, til further notice. In order ,o give due ellezt to t;:is most remarkable succes of the se ,son, eutire.y new scenery by the celebrated ariists Messrs. banson and t•ons, and Thomps.,n. New dr, ss..s and appo ntmtnts have ben prPpareA for its production.—N.:s. In consequence of the "ressing and numerous applications ac the Box-office, ar tngement,, have row been - nade by which Seats muy be ob tained a Fortnight in Auvan.e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, tinder the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. • - Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. P.Jul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Tl , rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. :Simms, Miss A. Cottreil, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josepns, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. - - EVERY EVENIN —G, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely. In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled T b.: FOX CHACE, 4_.haranters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews lir. J. Clarke, Ur. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chain,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At to, OUT OF SI;iIIT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews end Mr. Frank siatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. After which (Isith time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &C. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. COALS.- LILLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......24s. per ton. Double.. ..20s. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5........ iSs. „ Deep 2ls. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, fan ~e had Every Evening of G. ft. GLENIE, News ACENT, No. 4, Connanht-terrace, Ilyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 20, 1864. THERMOSIETF. , R. . 73 This morning' at Nine o'clock so Thib clay at iwo o'clock Barometer-30.19. "Wind—S.l l 7.; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D A7.-I‘ri oraing, Ih. 4m.—Afternoon, lh. 23m. r:).-rdoßnoW. - ?horning, lh. 16 12.—Afternoon, 2b. Bm. ejp-v,e311.4 • irP_ SUM - - LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1864. -410. Giiimpses are caught again through the frag mentary telegrams from America of yet additional successes on the part of the Confederates. Un- fortunately the accoants by this mail are more than ever what we hlve just termed them fragmentary. But even coming to ns incoherently, as they do, they are as clearly as possible against the Federals, and for the Confederates . The most im p rtant announcement of all is the one to the effect that General BANKS, on his retreat from Grand Ecore to Alexandria, was attacked by the Confede rates in force at Cane river, suffering heavily. Thirteen transports, we are told, were blown up to Pte-vent their capture by the rebels. Besides which it is added, more in detail, that Gen, KIRBY SMITH, in official report of the Red River battles, claims to have taken from BANKS 4,000 prisonerw, 2 ; 500 wounded, 8,000 stand of arms, :35 pieces of artillery, 2,000 mules, and 250 waggons. Again, do we not read in another portion of these tele grams, that the rebels under MARMADUKE were reported to have attacked and captured General STEELE'S supply train of 240 waggons, 7 pieces of cannon, and the entire escort of 1,000 wen ? The foremost statement of all being to the effect that the Army of the Potomac advanced on the 3d inst., on the 4th crossing the Rapidan at Ely' s , Jacob's, Culpepper, Germania, and United States fords. Although, as is stated, the ac counts of prelimi nary opera ti o ns are very conflict ing,it is tolerably well p rove d that the sth New York Cavatry, skirmishing off the Orange Court House road near Perkins, were driven in with severe loss, and that Gen.GßlFFira's division,which was thrown forward to feel the rebel po s iti on , encountered the rebels under Gen. A. P. HILL. A fight i, reported to have thereupon ensued, in which the Faderals took .3CO prisoners, but lost two guns. Further particulars, howe7er, may be looked for confidently in a day or two—possibly tomorrow, probably on Sunday, for certain not later than Monday—when the Cunard steamship now awaited shall hive arrived. The first occasion on which His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES presided at a public dinner was on Wednesday last, when he took the chair at the Royal Literary Fund. It is a gratifying re flection that so distinguished en honour should be conferred on this society, and it seems a gracious and graceful tribute to the claims of literature that a society formed for its service should be selected es the one which was thus particularised in a re markable degree. This society has always been fortunate in its choice of chairman at its annivere nary festivals, On many eccasions the most bril liant and conspicuous men of letters of the day have come forward, and there is something very pleasing to mark their efforts thus to render assist ance to a society which is formed to be of use to their brethren who, treading the same path as themselves, have not been so fortunate in their career nor so favoured in their circumstances. The presence of the Prince of WALES on this occasion was a happy omen for the prosperity of the insti -1 tution, and it is to be trusted that many influential personages will not be backward in following the example thus set them frcm so high a quarter. We know there are many who will always follow in the wake of royalty or fashion who will not trouble themselves to take up the cause of worth or to study the merits of a case for themselves. It was a bril liant sight which met the view of his royal highness when ho assumed his new duties, and surely it is time to expect that the dreary fate once supposed to appertain peculiarly to authors is past when the heir to the throne thus comes forward to do honour and render service to the So ciety which hes for aim and object the noble endeavour to foster struggling talent, and to succour decayed genius. His Royal Highness was able to assure the meeting that their patron, the QUEEN, still felt a concern in their welfare, and that all the charitable institutions of the country were ever a source of interest to her. This inteiligence coming from so undoubted an authority was doubtless wel come tidings for his auditory, and thus in some measure his Royal Highness may fill up the blank that is so deeply felt through the QUEEN'S con tinued seclusion. It is difficult to persuade people that those retired from public gaze, and withdrawn from active participation in the stirring incidents of life, are still interested in the general affairs of existence, and keep up the at'ention that in happier moments they were distinguished for feeling. The Prince of WALES, in coming forward on this occa sion, followed the example of his father, who pre sided at the Literary Fund Anniversary at his second appearance in public as a speaker. The deep interest that he felt in all matters connected with literature is fresh in the recollection of all, and his son can follow in no better footsteps, if he wishes to gain the regard of the cultivated members of the community. The Prince, with a candour that did him credit, declared that he could not tell them any thing new relating to the Society since he spoke in the presence of those who knew much better than he did the details and distinctive features of its workings. Still in offering the incidental remarks that must perforce be uttered by one in his capacity the. illustrious chairman selected some very noticeable peculiarities of the institution which they were then met to consider. In the first place, he particu larised an admirable rule of its management, namely, to draw no line of demarcation between countries, thus enabling those of every land to share the advantages and to p Irticipato in the benefits of its cgency, This is the right feeling to display since literature has no creed or country, but in its extent and universality comprises every nation and race. Also the Prince alluded to the secrecy with which the assistance was given. This is a very important element in its workings, and its successful attainment of the desired end must depend, in a great degree, upon this rule being adhered to. Earl RUSSELL performed his part very creditably in proposing " Prosperity to English Literature." The noble lord alluded to several topics in the course of his address, which are well worthy of attentive consideration. He said that it was a pity that English literature was not more studied in our schools, and that a clever man, the bead master at Eton, said that they had not a suffi ciently good method of teaching English in that great school. Earl RUSSELL proposed a very wise solu tion to the difficulty, namely, that they should adopt the same system with our own language that they do with regard to the ancient tongues, and select the works of the best authors for perusal. Of course the noble lord was successful in his oration, and on this theme he was well qualified to give an opinion, since he has always been distinguished for his love for literature. There was great truth in his remark that fictitious personages always im press themselves upon our mind more vividly than historical characters, when we meet with the former in the works of those skilled artists who impart such force and vitality to their illustrations. The noble lord gave an amusing account of his time being so muck' engrossed, by saying that he had not made himself acquainted ei itla the " Small House at Allington " because of the' Great House" in Downing-street, which took up so much of his time. The name of Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOPE was coupled with this toast, and the great success which has marked his literary efforts merited this honour able distinction. Earl STANHOPE, the President of the Institution, made an admirable address, and diversified its course with some quotations which created amusement and excited interest. On the whole this last anniversary must be regarded as a most brilliant success, and it is to be trusted that the prominence thus afforded to the merits of the soc i ety will be of service in inducing those able to assist to come forward and render their aid. Few things are more important to th e soc i al wel fare and commercial prosperity of a Country than the development of the various forms of its animal life, and it is no wonder that the dwellers in a fertile, but thinly populated, country like Australia should feel anxious to increase the stores and enr i ch the possessions of their adopted land. Of late years some very important and successful efforts have been made in this direction ; and the report of the pro ceedings of the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, which has just been published, contains an interest ing and gratifying account of the prospects of the association. The committee are undoubtedly fortu tunate in pcssesEing a climate,so favourable for their experiments, since there can be no doubt that Aus tralia is, as they declare in their report, singularly adapted to a wide range of products. Already they have attained unexpected success in several impor tantm experiments,erous animals, birds,nd h and fishes, ve n with a view to the purposes of the agriculturist, the sportsman, the merchant and manufacturer, and the epicure. The vast debt we owe to the animal kingdom is seldom fully realised ; but if we were suddenly to be deprived of all the materials used in daily life which they supply to us in one form or another, a good deal of business would stand still. In Australia the wants of exploring expeditions are always borne in mind, find accordingly an attempt is v e i ng ma d e to acclimatize the camel. A herd was brought from India some time ago, at a cost of £l2O per head—a sufficient proof that these expe• riments are somewhat serious undertakings. This valuable collection had been drawn upon for so many expeditions that it was likely to become altogether dispersed, or even destroyed. Efforts have lately been made by the Society to collect the scattered members that were saved, and they are now stationed at the \Virimera, where they are breeding regularly. The Committee hope that these useful animals may not only be service able for exploration, but also for carrying the pro ' duce of remote stations, situated perhaps in those arid and sandy wastes where the want of water is so grievously felt by other beasts of hurdsn. It is curious to find the camel, whose associations belong to ancient history and the distant East, becoming thus identified with the rough and bustling life of our great Southern Colony, but such transforma tions are not uncommon under the influence of this Society. The alpaca, whose name was hardly known a few years back, has thriven most satisfactorily in its new home. The value of its hair in a commer cial point of view is continually on the increase, and from its peculiar properties is not likely to lose favour. A little flock of llamas and hybrids has recently been imported into Australia from. England, and, as their numbers have already increased from 19 to 56, there seems no reason to doubt that they will soon form a considerable collection. Various kinds of sheep have been experimented with, and some of them have proved especially adapted to a hot c'imate ; while goats, both Angora and Cashmere, have been also added to the society's stock with great success. So rich and prosperous a colony as Victoria has a right to think of pleasure as well as business, and accord ingly we find the committee taking into considera tion the wants of future generations of sportsmen. The fallow deer, the Indian elk, and the axis deer, have flourished so well in their new country that they have been turned loose at four different places. The hog deer of India and other specimens of the deer tribe are now in the possession of the society, with a view to their ultimate release into the wilds. The hare, a less distinguished but equally favourite subject for sport, has been turned out on Phillip Island, having been sent out by the Zoological Society of London. In the ornithological depart ment the committee have been especially fortunate. Pheasants, partridges, grouse, the English wild duck, the Egyptian goose, doves, pigeons, curassows, and many other kinds are being domesticated with very satisfactory results. The humbler tribes of feathered creatures have not been forgotten, and it may teach our farmers a useful lesson to learn that a society so learned and wealthy, having dealings with most parts of the civilised world, thinks it worth while to import at considerable expense those little songsters who are here so ruthlessly destroyed, and this not with a view of increasing their specimens or for the sake of their song,but solely for the bane -6t of the agriculturist. Hundreds of industrious farmers, says the committee, have been ruined by the caterpillar, and therefore the thrush, the sky lark, the starling, the chaffinch, and sparrows of every kind have been carefully cultivated, while the linnet, the robin, and several finches are being domiciled by degrees. This is rather different from sparrow clubs and poisoned wheat ! An important addition to the possession of the colony hes been made in the introduction of the Ligurian bee, which has multiplied with a rapidity beyond all expecta tion. In most instances acclimatization is a slow and difficult process, on which much time and labour must be expended before any great results can be hoped for. This is especially the case with the larger animals who only breed once a year, but the success which has attended the efforts of the Society in many respects, gives ev( ry encourage ment for the future. Australia is especially adapted by its geographical position for the experiments of such a society ; and its connection with the mother country assist its efforts very considerably. We are glad to find that the English Government has afforded valuable aid to the committee, who grate fully aclsnowledge their obligations to them and to private individuals in many parts of the world. Contradictory Rumours of the Pope's Health, The Alonitcur du Soir, of May 19, says :—" Letters received here from Rome to the 14th inst. announce that a great improvement has taken place in the health of the Pope, who was expected soon to resume granting audi ences." The Opinione of Turin, May 19, says :—" Letters from Rome to the 16th inst. state that the illness of the Pope has increased in an alarming degree. A secret pontifical bull is said to have been issued, ordering a conclave, corn posed only of the cardinals present in Rome, for the election of a successor to Pius IX. before the death of the latter is known to the public." The Xorning Post correspondent, in a letter from Rome, dated May 11, says :—" The Pope's health continues to be unsatisfactory, and the anxiety of his medical advisers is increased by the impatience with which his Holiness, generally of very active habits, submits to the regime of repose which they consider indispensable for his recovery, The Archduke Louis Victor was admitted to the Pope's bedside en Saturday morning for a farewell audience. His imperial royal highness left Rome for uivita "Vecchia on Sunday, and was accompanied to the railway station by the Austrian Ambassador and the ex• King and Queen of Naples, Apropos—their Majesties are once more:affection ately reconciled, and are to be seen driving about Rome together, a conjugal example which has been followed by the Count and Countess of Trani. Pio Nono himself is said to have acted as peace maker between the two estianged couples." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1864 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LEEITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per the Damascus.) NEW T YORK, MAY 7 (Afternoon). No decisive news has been received from Virginia. General Burnside has joined General Meade. Forrest has been defeated at Bolivar, Tennessee, by Stages, who pursued him into Mississippi. Cotton steady. Breadstuffs lower. Gold, 714 premium. The Inman steamer Edinburgh, from New York on the 7th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 8.50 a.m. to-day. She brings 121 passengers and 789,399 passengers, and proceeded in at s9p.2eociea..m.SheAllainwdeed 23 well. HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, MAY 19. It is stated that, in order to pravent the reception of Duke Frederick of Augustenburg on his visits to places in Holstein havi ng an o ff ic i a l character, the F c e e d s al Commissioners h ave i ns t ruc t e d th e authorities not to receive him. .---- R A NC E. PARIS, MAY 20 (Morning). The Constitutionnel of to-day in an article upon the Danish question says The Dano-German conflict is above all a ques tion of nationalities. The aspirations and interests of the nationalities which gave rise t 3 the conflict should, therefore, be satisfied by a definitive solu tion. Holstein is German, and half of Schleswig is German. It is therefore not astonishing that a project exists to unite the German portion of Schleswig with Holstein." The Constitutionnel then shows the inconveniences that would arise from the system of a personal union between that new state and Denmark, and con cludes : It appears difficult to understand why the populations should not be summoned to decide upon alGovernment, and it is probable that they would then choose a German Sovereign. France has done nothing to bring about this solution, but it is evi dent that it is not in opposition to her policy." BOURSE, May D.—The market has been more buoyant, and a fair amount of business transacted at an advance. Threes, for the Account, have im proved to 66f. 80c., and Mobilier 1,170 f. Railway Market without animation, and some of the lines aro quoted rather lower. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows :._. 41 per Cents. Do. end month _ Do. end month.... 69 70 94 - Italian Loan 69 25 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 8:5 Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1163 75 Russian Do. end m0nth....1175 Austrian Bank Shares 3355 _ SpanishE Threes.... Credit Fancier 1255 Homo Debt Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans i .. .. 878 75 .. 880 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 880 .. 885 -- New ditto Southern 650 .. 652 50 Western Eactern •• • • ... 4 65 .. 468 75 Sardinian .. 362 50 .. 366 25 Austrian Lowberd .. ......... North of Spain Saragossa .. 572 50 .. 570 Ditto to Barcelona .... -- .. 270 -.- INDIA AND CHINA. (By Telegraph from Suez.) CALCU CT A, APRIL 30, Grey shirtinge end mule twist quiet. Exchange on London, 2s. 11d. Government Eecuritia , 4 per cents,, 95; dittc, 5 ditto, 1051; ditto, 51 ditto, 113. Freight improv ing. BOMBAY, APRIL 30. Money higher. Discount, 15 per cent. Exchange on London, 2s. 11d. Government securities, 50 per cents., 112. The London mail of the 3d April arrived here on the 26th inst. CANTON, APRIL 15. Grey shir;ings, and water twist higher. Tea un changed. Total export to date, 107,000,000 lbs. Exchange on London, 4s. 92d. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. Tea, nothing doing. Silk lower, Settlements during the fortnight, :MO bales. Exchange on London, Cs. CHINA, DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIALISTS-MAJOB, G ORDON WOUN DED. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. The Imperialists have been repulsed at Kintang. Major Gcrdon was wounded, and several of his officers were hided or taken prisoners. The Imperialists are recovering from this re verse, and are again c•oving to attack Kintang They are receiving large reinforcements. The rebels are believed to be hemmed in. ....,r,.,.• ....I.i• MARSEILLES, MAY 20. The llressageries Imperiales steamer Said, Capt. Barnet, left yesterday with the mails, 43 passen gers, 603 packages of merchandise, and s p ecie value £135,500, for India and China, and 79 p as sengers, 1,112 packages a n d s p e cie value £ 7,420 for Alexandria. A LAVA BROTH, We spent Saturday and Sunday at Thingvollum (I have put his name in the right case, though travellers ge nerally use the genitive, but I shall not treat the other names thus). 'We sketched, fished, and shot—learnt a little of the Icelandic culinary art, too, from the smoke-dried servant of Pastor Simon Beck, and taught her a little about English cookery in return. As the good priest had nothing to give us, and the proceeds of our fishery amounted to one trout, we stood a fair chance of being starved, and the servant maid expressed her concern for us in vehement terms. 4, Bless your heart, old lady I" said Mr. Briggs, " there is everything needful for making a capital soup scattered broadcast over the country." Then, turning to me, "It is an old joke, Padre ; indeed I fear quite a Joe Miller, yet I'll be bound it is new to the Icelanders.' Then he called to the servant to bring him two lava blocks of such a size as would go into a saucepan, as he intended to make broth out of them. The woman stared, and pulled out a couple of the stones which formed the hearth. " Thoy will d 3 capitally, put them into the pot I" The woman placed them carefullly where he desired. " Now then," said he, " let them simmer gently; take care that they are not hard boiled, nor burnt at all ; stir, stir away, never be afraid of stirring, it extracts the flavour With the utmost gravity, the servant complied, and kept the spoon revolving in the pot, while Mr. Briggs held his nose over the steam. " They are doing nicely; have you any salt ?" " Ja, ja I" answered she, and she handed him over a bagful, lie poured some in, and let her continue the stirring. "Any flour in the house ?" asked my portly friend. " J a, ja ;" and she handed him a mug full of rye meal. Presently he brought in a couple of tins of Fortnum and Mason's preserved vegetables, and emptied them in with the stones. " It smells good," said the poor woman, with great so lemnity : "and this is hr aun•eupp i (lava-broth) I Wonder ful, - wonderful I" " We'll give it a little extra relish," observed :Mr. Briggs, throwing in sorao slices of concentrated soup. " Now, old woman, what do you say to my cooking ?'' The servant put her fingers into the pot, then sucked them, and put them in again. " Mikit goot" (very good) she muttered, in a sad state of bewilderment : " and all this comes from lava-stones, too. Wonderfol, wonderful I" " Now for a bowl," called he, and proceeded to pour out the fluid contents of the saucepan. The smoke-dried servant bore the bowl to the guest-room, etpd did ample justice to the excellent etoae broth. ___,... CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, May 20. The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta on Feb. 20, Madras, March 6; and Table Bay, April 9; passed off here this morning. She brings 19 days later Cape n ews ; 90 pas sengers from Indi a , an d 22 from the Ca p e ; and a cargo of rice, indigo, and cotton. Governor At the Cape Wodehouse had re turned to G ra h am ' s Town, ha vin g decline d to arbitrate bet ween t h e Free Stat e and Basut os in their bound ary li ne dispute, because the Free State Yolksraad would not give him unfettered discretion, they stipulating that the Warden boundary line of 1849 should be nmintained entirely. The Governor proposed to assist in suppressing the Frontier Castle thefts, by rigorously enforcing the pass system upon all frontier travellers, w ith out distinction of race, character, or colour. d The Colonial Gazette, of A p ril 8, contained the bills of the new me asures p roposed b y the Governor for the consideration of Parliament, ,which was to meet on the 27th April. The most important were a bill for creating a supreme court for the eastern districts, and an appeal court for the colony, a bill for establishing a registry office for all deeds in the eastern districts, and a new road bill, throwing the maintenance of existing roads on the Circle-road boards formed in the districts con cerned. Tbe formetion of new roads and passes to be charged to the g eneral colonial revenue as hitherto. Three taxation bills provide for the existing revenue deficiency. They increase the stamp charges, make Jarger additions to classes of documents chargeable with stamps, and impose duties on property, sueoessiong, and epon bank notes. With the additional revenue they will bring, h r l h a d n r d a ws sales, l l e o s f , tiee mai of road chargescftrooe withdrawal the general revenue , th e extension of the it was hoped t o eq ualise the revenue with retrenchment, the ex penditure. The mission in Moselikatses country was pro 4ressing favourably. The missionaries were about o make an application to the old chief for Fermis iion to establish a station in Matabele country. Her Majesty's ship Salamander arrived at the Cape on the 28th March, and the Lyra on the 6th April, and were lying with the Conqueror and the Narcissus in Simon's Bay. The Centaur sailed for England on the 3d April. The Pearl arrived at the Uape on the 28th March, and sailed for England on the Oth April. The Golden Fleece land her mails and three pas sengers at Plymouth by pilot boat. LITERATURE. Miss Braddon's New Novel, Henry Dunbar:. The .S .l tory of an Outcast. By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret." Three vols, _ Second Edition. John Maxwell and Company. Again Miss Braddon has given evidence of her brilliant powers as a novelist. " Henry Dunbar" justifies her reputation and will extend her popu larity. As a fictitious narrative it is as enthral ling as either of the two most celebrated among her romances—meaning by those (need wo say it ?) "Aurora Floyd" and " Lady Audley's Secret." But Miss Braddon herself has a Secret no less than her first heroine, Lady Audley—that formid able, delicate, ghostly, ghastly, blue-eyed adven turess, with the golden aureole of hair—a Secret that our authoress would fain guard as long as possible and with as jealous a care as that with which Lady Andley guarded hers even from the prying eyes of Robert Audley, of the Temple, barrister-at-law, and amateur-detective, in the in terests of his noble•hearted old uncle, the baronet of Andley Court, Lady Audley's deluded husband. Miss Braddon's Secret having, moreover, relation no less directly than Lady Audley's Secret to the ins and outs of a peculiarly horrible murder—the murder which is, as it were, the mainspring setting in motion all the intricate cogged wheels, (fitting so deftly and accurately, tooth by tooth, one with another) in the wonderously-fabricated machinery of the plot of this new three-volumed novel of " Henry Dunbar." Following the example of " an eminent novelist"—Miss Braddon alludes of course, as will be recognised upon the iestant, to Mr. Wilkie Collins (vide the preface to the " Woman in White")—the authoress of "Henry Dunbar" makes a brief but earnest " appeal to the critics not to de scribe the plot." Having ourselves an especial antipathy to that always unfair system, as it seems to us, of epitomising the plot of a story, by which soma reviewers eke out their remarks, without any advantage whatever to their own readers, and certainly with no advantage at all to the intending readers of the novel then nominally under criticism—we should instinctively have abstained from doing the very thing the writer of " Henry Dunbar" would now especially warn us from attempting. We don't care in the least, for our own part, at any time, in regard to any fictioe, to weary ourselves or our readers by writing a dull matter of fact epitome of the chain of incidents constituting the plot of the imaginative tale submitted to our consideration. And, naturally enough, we should here have less inclination than ever, if that were in any way possible, to undertake any tedious little task of the kind, after the appeal thus addressed to our sense of fair play by our authoress. Common courtesy, in other words, there fore, it might be said, only confirms us in following out the course dictated beforehand by our own individual predilection. Having read the whole of the three volumes throughout, rapidly, yet with the most eager attention—as we have always found ourselves constrained to do as yet with regard to each successive work from the same gifted hand, from the same pen of glamour and fascination—we shall here remain inscrutably reticent in regard to the inner secret constituting the charm of the pro found interest, colouring, pervading, permeat ing, as one may say, the whole plot of "Henry Dunbar." It is the most daring idea of a plot that even Miss Braddon has yet adventured upon ! The plot of " Henry Dunbar" having, we are almost tempted to assert this, more audacity and, in some respects, more ingenuity about it, than the audacity and ingenuity woven together in the pictured tissue of " Aurora Floyd" or of " Lady Audley's Secret." Here, however, we must let our authores. herself deprecate, after her own inimitable fashion, the censure hitherto lavished overmuch, as it has always seemed to us, upon what, in the cant phrase of the day, is entitled, for want of a better name, the Sensation School of Itomance-Writing. Miss Braddon's deprecation of this excessive cen sure being put forth here, very effectively and, at the same time, ♦ery briefly, not in her own words, but in words borrowed by her from one of the very greatest of our English classics in imaginative litera ture. That is to say, from:theyritings of Daniel De foe—first among English story-tellers, first among English journalists—that famous author (among other immortal books) of " Robinson Crusoe" and the " History of the Plague of London"—he who was in his time (for writing at once boldly and ex quisitely) subjected to the double indignity of being himself thrown into prison and of having his works burnt by the hands of the com mon hangman ! Quoting from Defoe's writ ings, Miss Braddon here puts forth, in vindication of her own works and of whatever in fluence they may have had upon the tone of cur• rent literature, the following " notable declara tion," as she justly calls it, of that Great National Worthy:—" Throughout this book this fundamental is most strictly adhered to : there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but it is, first or last, ren dered unhappy or unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but he is either brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent ; there is not an ill thing mentioned, but it is condemned even in the relation; nor a virtu ous, just thing, but it carries its praise along with it." And by this standard Miss Braddon contents her self with requesting—surely with full reason P —that her story may be judged. So judging it —so weighing in the balance her former writings, her narrative of " Eleanor's Victory," her world famous romance of " Lady Audley's Secret," above all, what we are still disposed (in spite of our admiration for this enthralling story of " Henry Dunbar"), above all, we say, what we are still dis posed to regard as Miss Braddon's masterpiece, her tale of "Aurora Floyd "—we hesitate not, we have all along never once hesitated, to pronounce these so-called sensation stories, in no one jot more dele terious than—even, we will go so far as to say those drearily didactic, not to say priggish moralie ties, the awfully high-society novels of the late Henry Plummer Ward, author of " Tre maine !" First gift of all in a novelist, we take to be the power of awakening interest, and afterwards of sustaining that interest through the whole course of a fictitious narrative. The which gift is certainly and beyond any doubt of it Miss Braddon's, and her's supremely. What is more—in her regard— she has no affectations of style: affectations such as are often glaringly apparent in the instance of her brilliant contemporary, Mr. Wilkie Collins. The blue fire is, no doubt, frequently burnt, as one may express it, in the drama tised versions of her stories, as, for exainple, in that closing scene of " Lady Audley " as represented last season on the stage of the St. James's, But the blue fire is never burnt in the stories themselves. There are landscapes in Miss Braddon's narrative that are exqui site specimens of word painting. Her "in terior s," too, as mere specimens of genre pictures are often really admirable. Instance this, in her very first novel the description of Audley Court both inside and out—her delineation of the barris ter's bachelor-chambers in the Temple—her limning of the Lime Walk, musical with bees, fragrant with blossoms, twinkling with lights and shadows like the veriest sylvan cloister I And then, the portraits of her different characters—touched off with a lumi nous pencil as though they were sketched with coloured phosphorus--the blonde Lady Audley, already mentioned—the more voluptuous beauty of Aurora Floyd—the manly Yorkshire squire—the aristocratic Cornish cavalry officer—the savage, drunken, red-headed boor of a tavern keeper — the slang dog-fancier—the deformed stable help one and all—alike the refined and the brutalised—she brings before us vividly like so many living and breathing fellow-creatures. As in her former stories, so it is here in this new work of hers, "Henry Dunbar." Whether we are with her in London or in Paris, in the great banking house of St. Gunolph'eelane, the banking house of Dunbar, Dunbar:, and Balderby, or for a brief in terval in the qtelier of Mr. Kerstall, senior, "Look ing for the Portrait"—whetlur we are at. Maudeley Abbey or at Jocelyn's Rock, d own i n v . rwickshire, the former being Mr. Dunbar's, the latter Sir Philip Jocelyn's—the localities are brought before us in all their details with the comprehensive yet minute vividness of photography. As for the brilliancy of the character-painting in " Henry Dunbar," we shall not rest contented unless our re marks .re at once graced and justified by a quota tion in the way of exemplar. Here, therefore, is Miss Braddon i s charming delitreation of— A DASHING YOUNG BARONET. Sir Philip Jocelyn was not what is usually called an intellectual man. He was more warmly interested in a steeplechase on Shorncliffe-common than in a pamphlet on political economy, even though Mr, Smart Mill should himself be the author of the brochure, He thcught John Scott a greater man than Maculloch ; and Manton the gun maker only second to Doctor Jenner as a benefactor of his race. He fcund the works of the late Mr. Apperly more entertaining than tho last new Idyll from the pen of the Laureate; and was rather at a loss for small-talk when he found his feminine neighbour at a dinner-table was "deeply, darkly, beautifully blue." But the young baronet was by no means a fool, notwithstanding these sportsmanlike pro clivities. The Jocelyns had been hard riders for half-a dozen centuries or so, and crack shots ever since the inven tion of fire-arms. S!r Philip was a sportsman, but he did not "hunt in dreams," and he was prepared to hold his wife a great deal "higher than his horse," whenever he should win that pleasant addition to his household. * He was heart-whole; and looking out at life from the oriel window of his dressing-room, whence he saw nothing but his own land, neatly enclosed in a ring fence, he thought the world, about which some people made such dismal howl ing, was, upon the whole, an extremely pleasant place, con taining very little that " a fellow" need complain of. He built himself a painting-room at Jocelyn's Rock;' and whistled to himself for the hour together, as he stood be fore the easel, painting scenes in the hunting-field, or Arab horsemen whom he had met on the great flat sandy plains beyond Cairo, or brown-faced boys, or bright Italian peasant girls; all sorts of pleasant objects, under cloudless skies of ultramarine, with streaks of orange and vermilion to represent the sunset. He was not a great painter, nor indeed was there any element of greatness in his nature; but he painted as recklessly as he rode; his subjects were bright and cheerful ; and his pictures were altogether of the order which unsophisticated people admire and call " pretty." He was a very cheerful young man, and perhaps that cheerfulness was the greatest charm he possessed. He was a man in whom no force of fashion or companionship would ever engender the peevish blase% ness so much affected by modern youth. Did he dance ? Of course he did, and he adored dancing. Did he sing ? Well, he did his best, and had a fine volume of rich bass voice, that sounded re• markably well en the water, after a dinner at the Star and Garter, in that dim dewy hour, when the willow-shaded Thames is like a southern lake, and the slow dip of the oars is in itself a kind of melody. Had he been much abroad ? Yes, and he gloried in the Continent; the dear old inconvenient inns, and the extortionate landlords, and the insatiable commissionaires—he revelled in the commis sionaires; and the dear drowsy slow trains, with an absurd guard, who talks an unintelligible patois, and the other man, who always loses one's luggage I Delicious ! And the dear little peasant girls with white caps, who are so divinely pretty when you see them in the distance under a sunny meridian sky, and are so charming in coloured chalk upon tinted paper ; but such miracles of ugliness, com paratively speaking, when you behold them at close quarters. And the dear Jingling diligences, with very little harness to speak of, but any quantity of old rope ; and the bad wines, and the dust, and the cathedrals, and the beggars, and the trente• et- quarante tables, and in short every thing. Sir Philip Jocelyn spoke of the universe as a young husband talks of his wife, and was never tired of her beauty or impatient of her faults. The poor about Jocelyn's Rock idolised the young lord of the soil. The poor like happy people, if there is nothing insolent in their happiness. Philip was rich, and he distri buted his wealth right royally; he was happy, and he shared his happiness as freely as he shared his wealth. He would divide a case of chcice Manillas with a bed-ridden pensioner in the Union, or carry a bottle of the Jocelyn Madeira— the celebrated Madeira with the brown seal—in the pocket of his shooting-coat, to deliver it into the horny hands of some hard-working mother who was burdened with a sick child. He would sit for an hour together telling an agri cultural labourer of the queer farming he had seen abroad ; and he had stood godfather—by proxy—to half the yellow headed urchins within ten miles radius of Jocelyn's Rock, No taint of vice or dissipation had ever sullied the bright ness of his pleasant life. No wretched country girl had ever cursed his name before she cast herself into the sullen waters of a lonely DIM stream. People loved him ; and he deserved their love, and was worthy of their respect. He had taken no high honours at ,Oxford; but the sternest officials smiled when they spoke of him, and recalled the boyish follies that were associated with his name. A sickly bedmaker had been pensioned for life by him; and the tradesmen who had served him testified to his merits as a prompt and liberal paymaster. Ido not think that in all his life Philip Jocelyn had ever directly or indirectly caused a pang of pain or sorrow to any human being, un less it was, indeed, to a churlish heir-at-law, who may have looked with a somewhat evil eye upon the young man's vigorous and healthful aspect, which gave little hope to his possible successor. Every word of an this description being to our mind in simplest truth—delightful ! Miss Brad as a humorist, are frequently don's powers, again, in a quiet, subtle manner, very exhillarating. In stence this, her casual remarks upon the discomforts of a Wet Wedding—when the day itself, as Sam Slick would have it, is " juicy"—when the " marble floor," as Dick Swiveller expresses it in his con verse with the Marchioness , is , as one may say (with Dick), decidedly " sloppy"— Bat this aggravating rain baulked everybody. What was the use of throwing wet dahlias and flabby chrysanthemums into the puddles through which the bride must tread, heiress though she was ? How miserable would be the aspect of two rows of damp charity-children, with red noses and no pocket-handkerchiefs I The rector himself had a cold in his head, and would be obliged to omit all the n's and m's in the marriage service. Or, as a crowning example of Miss Braddon's sense of the humorous, take her version of the under waiter's opinion of the Head - Waiter, at the hotel in Winchester : " And then Brigmawl, the head-waiter, he gives his evidence ; but, lor', sir, without unfriendliness to William Brigmawl, which me and Brigmawl have been fellow servants these eleven year, our head-waiter is that wrapped up in hisself, and his own cravats, and shirt-fronts, and gold studs, and Albert chain, that he'd scarcely take notice of an earthquake swalloring up half the world before his eyes, unless the muck and dirt of that earthquake was to spoil his clothes. William Brigmawl has been head-waiter in this house upon thirty year; and beyond a stately way of banging-to a carriage door, or showing visitors to their room, or poking a fire, and a kind of knack of leading on timid people to order expensive wines, I really don't see Brigmawl's great merit. But as to Brigmawl at an inquest, he's about as much good R 6 the Pope of Rome." Precluded not only from describing any portion whatever of this profoundly interesting plot of " Henry Dunbar," but even from commenting upon it with anything like particularity, we content ourselves with simply remarking that the interest of the tale never once flags throughout. Margaret Wilmot and Laura Dunbar are the two lovely heroines of the story—the former the lowlier of the two—it is difficult to say which the lovelier ! Clement Austin, the bank cashier, and Sir Philip Jocelyn, the handsome young baronet above de scribed, are the claimants of their hands respectively —Philip of Laura's, Clement of Margaret's. The Mr. Bucket of the tale is one Carter. The Robert Audley, in regard to the murderer here, is Clement Austin aforesaid. As for the murderer himself and the murdered—" there by hangs a tale"—this enthralling tale of " Henry Dunbar." Knowing the fascination hitherto exercised over her reader's mind by Miss Braddon —as a Novelist endowed with a sort of Witchery we cannot wonder in the least at the publisher's announcement of the exhaustion of the first edition of her new book upon the very day of its publication. The singular glamour exercised by the book itself, however, will fully justify this its instant and eager acceptance. It is gracefully inscribed by the authoress to Mr. Buckstone, the popular comedian and playwright. It is but another precursor, let us still hope, of yet more of these enthralling fictions from the same pen of fascination, a pen by which vice and crime are never glossed over, and one by which, if probability is occasionally defied, possi bility is never outraged. A BROKEN BEART.--A case of death from broken heart actually took place in this city. A man named Thomas Meehan, a native of the county of Kilkenny, Ire land, residing in Lafayatte-street, San Francisco, received a letter from his native place, informing him that his father's house had been destroyed by fire, and that his father, mother, two sisters, and a brother had perished in the flames. He read the letter, turned pale, clutched con vulsively at his breast, and fell dead. The ccroner was called, and an autopsy revealed that death was caused by a rupture of the heart,—California Paper. .1.7 7 , Cirmkr. HER MAJESTY, BAMIORAL, May 17. The Queen drove in the morning with her Royal High ness the Princess Helena. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove round by the Lynn of Muich and Biahall, The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday fore noon, attended by Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Major Teesdale, went to the bazaar in aid of the French Protestant Free School, at St. James's Hall, The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. - Their royal highnesses had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Russian Ambassador and Ba roness Brunnow, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Maria Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Bowmont, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Countess of Morton, Viscount Hamilton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord Harris, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. Percy and Lady Louisa Feilding, the Hon. William and Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant .General and Mrs. Knollys, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Holzmanr, and Major Teesdale. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance, and played a selection of music, under the direction of Mr. Waterson, the bandmaster. The Duke and Duchess of Bnecleuch and Lady Victoria Scott, Lord and Lady Overstone, and a large party are staying on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley House, near Stamford. The Duke of Argyll returns to town to-day from the North. The duchess has returned to Campden Hill, from staying with the Duchess (Dow.) of Sather'curd at Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland has arrived at Chiswick House from Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, ,Burlington street, from Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, for the season. The Earl and Countess Spencer have arrived at Vienna from Athens, on their way home from Egypt. Wo are happy to learn that the health of Lord Spencer has greatly improved. The Earl and Countess of Zetland entertained the Duke of Leinster, the Duke of Itoxburghe, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lady Laura Phipps, Lady Carolina Kerrison, Lord George and Lady Adelizs Manners, Lord and Lady De Mauley, Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr Greville, &0., at dinner yesterday evening at their mansion in Arlington-street. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday from Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble viscount has nearly regained his customary health and strength. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone and family arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. Sir Robert and Lady Gerard and Mr. F. Gerard have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel for the season. Sir Frederick Jefferson, Bart., has arrived at the Portlaad Hotel, Southsea. The Right Hon. Niabitt Hamilton has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Mrs. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. A marriage has been arranged between Lieut.- Colonel Campbell, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, son of Mr. Campbell of Blythswood, and the Hon. Miss Carington, daughter of Lord and Lady Carington. CABINET COUNCIL. —Summonses have been issued for a meeting of the Cabinet Ministers tomorrow, at Lord Palmerston's official residence in Downing•street. HERR ERNST has addressed to us a communica' tion, in which, speaking of Herr Joachim's phrase " dear master," the former explains that phrase in no way to signify the fact that Herr Joachim was his pupil, the expression having been gracefully employed by the brother artist as an indication of his homage for Herr Ernst's mastery of his art. Herr Ernst also adds that he should have been proud to have had for his pupil one of the most distinguished representatives of the musical art, and one who stands alone in his peculiar style as a violinist, YES OR No?—Let Mr. Stansfeid reply to these questions, says the Standard ;—Did Joseph Maz zini write thst account which was published of his famous interview with Gallenga ? Did he hear his proposal to stab the King of Italy ? Did he provide him with money to carry him upon his nefarious errand ? Did he coldly argue with him, as he says, upon the point, whether or not the time selected for the bloody deed were propitious ? Did he point to the knife with the handle of lapislazuli, " which he much prized," and bid Sciandra take it ? Did ho not know it was to be driven into the heart of Charles Albert whenever an opportunity occurred ? If he did he was as guilty of plotting a deliberate, cowardly, and infamous murder as Lady Macbeth was of conspiring to slay King Duncan. If he did not, let Mazzini disavow his own nar rative; let Mr. Stansfeld exonerate him from having written it ; let him stand forward " upon his honour and. conscience," and declare that the criminal, wicked, das tardly scheme was never plotted. When he does this, we will take him upon his word ; until he does it, a mystery of prevarication remains, which not even the testimonial or the speech at Halifax will dissipate ; for that knife which Mazzini gave to Sciandra, wherewith to murder a man suffice to refute whole columns of braggart declamation. MR ROEBUCK AND THE DUKE OF ARGYLE AT SHEFFIELD.—At a public meeting held in the hall of the Mechanic's Institute at Sheffield, on Wednesdays his Grace the Duke of Argyle and Mr. Roebuck addressed a numerous audience on the occasion of the assembling of delegates of the Yorkshire Mechanics' Institute. The Duke of Argyle, in a long and eloquent speech, which was frequently applauded during its delivery, and which at its, conclusion elicited the most enthusiastic and long continued' signs of approbation, treated mainly of the probable in troduction of a larger measure of Government agelleY towards the education of the working class. Mr RoebueiC followed in the same line of argument, declaring his opinion that the State ought to be, and before long. would be, extensively introduced for the purpose 01 facilitating the education of the working poor. He 8 18 ° referred to the introduction of the Factory Act, which was regarded at that time as an interference of the State between the employer and the employed; but he said that observe," tion, and experience taught him his error ; that as soon 811 he had seen reason to change his mind upon that importa nt question, he got up and delivered his recantation in til e House of Commons ; and that when he had done so, the late Sir James Graham laid his hand upon his (Mr. n° B : buck's) shoulder and said—" I am glad that you have see' your recantation, and 1 will read mine to-morrow." (H eat ' hear.) Mr. Roebuck complained of the apathy of the maste r class of Sheffield and its neighbourhood with respect to the many admirable organisations for introducing intelleotu a pleasures to their workpeople. THUNDER-STORM.—A heavy storm of lightning , thunder, and rain passed over portions of Yorkshire on Monday afternoon last. The rain was heavy at Halifax, Orley, and Harrogate, and in the neighbourhood of these towns. The visitation was also heavy in Swaledale, in the North Riding and the river Swale became suddenly swollen to such a degree as has not been paralleled in living memory. The sudden rise of water was most destructive to its effects, as, being a mountain stream, the Swale when swollen rushes with great impetuosity. The inhabitants of Richmond and the several places along the course of th e river were first made aware of the storm by seeing large m asses of timber and debris bo rne past b y the water, had risen a height of several feet. The old bridge of Rio'' mond was for a while almost dammed up by trees, large stones, and mud, whi c h came down the stream. se ers; pigs and sheep and a b u ll oc k were also borne past by the impetuous waters. Nea r Ri c h mond-bridge some b o ys we re d bathing, and had only j us t t i me to escape before the ft° k One of them, ind ee d, l ost some of his clothes. The wre,e ; of a wooden brid ge was a l so not i ce d . T he ra i n fell in extreme part of north-west Yorkshire, bordering on wally woreland, heavy ma sse s of dark clouds having i iter ive s poured their contents in the valley through which tir i r tiet i s flows. The road between Arkendale and Barnard a was partly washed away, and in the same vicinity a sto n ,er is and wooden bridge were quite carried away. The V 7Bl ' od ; 8.. it the river had been extremely low for several days ti srof/ is believed the cattle that were lost must have been woe ing near the bed of the stream, and had not time t o b e f o re the flood was upon them. At Reeth the riv E r 1:1; tit its bounds and flowed through some part of the pla ce happily no human lives were lost. THE NEW TATTEESALL'S.—Long ere the Derbir of 1865, and probably before this year's St. 3bege ,f shall have come off, the new building now in cola's° .. erection, which is to be substituted for the existing A T O ago W sells, will be open and in full operation. The site of ja o new edifice is on the west side of Knightsbridgo - g reOf 111 MOM than half a mile from Hyde-park corner, an d the .; rious departments are most conveniently arrange -A- ° fi e noble archway forms the main entrance, leading on elbe 61 a . to . the subscription saloon, a lofty, well vent ilated. and ,81,, mous apartment, laid with beautiful encaustic tiles• floors of the general stables, as also the lOW boxes, th corridors and galleries are, for the purpose of repeal!? damp, laid with Armani and C o .' s p atent metallic lyd.: These stables, &0., are ranged around the SpaCiOUS CPS, r rangle which is to form the are na for the rostrum, ilia° showing off the horses offered for sale,